Annicia Manyaapelo, Women Who Collect Our Futures Together
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Annicia Manyaapelo has spent her life shaping spaces where African creativity is seen, protected, and valued. As the founder of NichLuxe and creator of Women Who Collect, she is rewriting the rules of access, showing that art is not a gated world but a living archive of who we are and who we dare to become.
In this expansive episode of Listen To Your Footsteps, Annicia reflects on:
- How childhood textures, stories, and rituals shaped her identity as a maker
- Why the traditional art world often feels coded and inaccessible, and how she chooses to redesign the room instead of asking for entry
- The birth of Women Who Collect and why African women are becoming the custodians of tomorrow’s cultural memory
- What African luxury really means when it is defined by us, and rooted in depth, time, craft, and care
- The emotional labour of supporting artists and why care is a creative technology
- How collecting becomes a form of storytelling, preservation, and future building
Annicia speaks with clarity, warmth, and intention about identity, legacy, and the responsibility we carry when we choose what to honour. This is a conversation for anyone dreaming about art, access, ownership, and the systems African women are quietly reshaping across the world.
Whether you know her as a strategist, curator, collector, or cultural thinker, this episode reveals the depth of a woman working to build futures where African creativity can thrive without apology.
Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Afripods, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Recorded at Vodcast TV
Show Music by Kweku 'Taygo' Baffoe
Produced by Ayob Vania
United States
